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The service was a choral evensong and, like many of the church’s services, would be live-streamed on YouTube (there’s something truly Warholian about watching a thirty-minute video of two strangers receiving communion in an otherwise empty church).
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Oskar Oprey, Artforum, 28 Jan. 2025
The small gray marker, on which Jonson’s name is misspelled, is shuffled over, unnoticed, by crowds lining up for evensong.
—Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
At the Abbey's daily evensong, open to the public, a visitor sits right there as a boys' choir's voices fill the ancient space.
—Nancy Nathan, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2017
A choral evensong concludes the day’s events at 4 p.m. Washington National Cathedral, 3101 Wisconsin Ave.
—Washington Post, 14 July 2017
There are plenty of other things to see and experience as well at the San Francisco cathedral, from evensong services to labyrinth walks, yoga and jazz performances.
—Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 1 Jan. 2017
Oskar Oprey, Artforum, 28 Jan. 2025
The small gray marker, on which Jonson’s name is misspelled, is shuffled over, unnoticed, by crowds lining up for evensong.
—Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
At the Abbey's daily evensong, open to the public, a visitor sits right there as a boys' choir's voices fill the ancient space.
—Nancy Nathan, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2017
A choral evensong concludes the day’s events at 4 p.m. Washington National Cathedral, 3101 Wisconsin Ave.
—Washington Post, 14 July 2017
There are plenty of other things to see and experience as well at the San Francisco cathedral, from evensong services to labyrinth walks, yoga and jazz performances.
—Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 1 Jan. 2017
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“Evensong.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evensong. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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